Printmaking
Elements of Art
Principles of Design
Ceramics
Vocabulary
100
This kind of material we apply to our block in order to mass print an image.
What is ink?
100
The range of lightest light to darkest dark.
What is value?
100
Comes in 3 forms - asymmetrical, symmetrical, and radial.
What is balance?
100
The name of the type of clay we work with.
What is Earthenware?
100
The type of tool used to cut pieces of clay.
What is a wire cutter?
200
The kind of rubber we use to carve in order to make a stamp.
What is linoleum?
200
Artwork that appears as though it feels like something.
What is texture?
200
An image (or images) repeated several times throughout the entire piece.
What is pattern?
200
The name of the oven-like device to fire clay, turning it into a piece of ceramic.
What is a kiln?
200
A rolled out, flat piece of clay.
What is a slab?
300
The name of this tool.
What is brayer?
300
Comes in two forms - positive and negative.
What is space?
300
Includes various types of images.
What is variety?
300
The first firing process of clay, which enacts a chemical change, transforming it into a piece of ceramic.
What is bisquefiring?
300
The act of roughening up the surface of clay and applying a paste like product in order to attach separate pieces to a main clay body.
What is slip & score?
400
The name of this famous print.
What is the Great Wave off Kanagawa?
400
Comes in two forms - geometric and organic.
What is shape?
400
Artwork made specifically to keep your eye roaming around the piece so you as the viewer can see the entire piece, instead of just focusing on one area.
What is movement/rhytm?
400
The kind of paint used on ceramics in order to add color.
What is glaze?
400
The state of ceramic after it has been fired for the first time.
What is bisqueware?
500
The country of printmaking's origin.
What is China?
500
This element of art appears when you've applied shading to it, making it change from a 2D shape, to a 3D shape.
What is form?
500
An area of an artwork that is attention grabbing, and draws the viewer's attention to a particular area.
What is emphasis/contrast?
500
The state of clay before it has been fired in the kiln for the first time.
Greenware.
500
The act of removing pieces of ceramic/linoleum in order to create an image within.
What is subtractive?